Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program

It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to negotiate on a sole source with Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), 2150 N 107th Street, Suite 205 Seattle, WA 98133-9009 to supports academic health sciences libraries and directors in advancing the patient care, research, education, and community service missions of academic health centers through visionary executive leadership and expertise in health information, scholarly communication, and knowledge management.
AAHSL shall provide the following: 1) Introduce emerging academic health center library leaders to leadership theory and practical tools for implementing change at organizational and professional levels; 2) Develop meaningful professional relationships between fellows and mentors that give fellows access to career guidance and support; 3) Expose fellows to another academic health center library under the guidance of their mentors; 4) Examine career development and provide models of directors to potential future academic health center library directors; 5) Create a cohort of learners who will draw upon each other for support throughout their careers; and 6) Offer recognition to emerging leaders. **See attached Statement of Work for full description.**

AAHSL membership is comprised of the libraries of the 147 accredited U.S. and Canadian medical schools belonging to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
AAHSL's programs and organizational structure are designed to enhance the success of their members in advancing health through recognized leadership in managing and utilizing the intellectual resources within and beyond their academic health centers (AHC). For over a quarter of a century, AAHSL has served as the premier association defining the future of AHC libraries. They focus their activities on stimulating continuous learning and development of their members and the services they provide to academic health centers.
AAHSL's mission of enhancing their members' success is achieved through a variety of key goals accomplished through the collective efforts of the elected leadership of Board of Directors, AAHSL committees, task forces, and institutional liaisons. Since 2002, in response to a documented need to recruit and develop leaders in academic health center libraries, NLM and AAHSL initiated a jointly sponsored program, offered in cooperation with the Association of Research Libraries. The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program, focused on preparing emerging leaders for director positions.
Responses to this posting must be submitted via NLM's Electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) system at https://ecps.nih.gov, no later than 4:30 p.m., (Eastern-Daylight Savings Time), Thursday, March 28, 2019.
NOTE: For directions on using eCPS, go to https://ecps.nih.gov and click on "How to Submit." To submit your electronic proposal using eCPS, all offerors must have a valid NIH External Directory Account, which provides authentication and serves as a vehicle for secure transmission of documents and communication with the NLM. The NIH External Directory Account registration process may take up to 24 hours to become active. Submission of proposals by facsimile or e-mail is not accepted.
All proposals received within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by NLM. NLM Synopsis No. 75N97019Q00034. EMAILS AND FACSIMILES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. Firms interested in responding to this notice must be able to provide the products and services required by NLM. The offeror shall include all information necessary to document and/or supports the qualification criteria in one clearly marked section of its proposal. All responses from responsible sources will be considered. Inquiries regarding this procurement may be made to the National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 105, MSC 5488, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Attention: Uyen H. Phuong, Contracting Officer, on (301) 496-6546. Vendor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under this order. Full text of clauses and provisions are available at Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR): http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The following clauses and provisions shall apply to this acquisition and may be obtained from the web site: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Oct 2018). FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Oct 2014). Offerors are advised to provide with their offer a completed copy of the following provisions: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Oct 2018)-With Unique Entity Identifier [52.204-6 (Oct 2016)]. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 2018) - With Addenda [Stop-Work Order, FAR 52.242-15 (August 1989)]; FAR 52.212- 5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2019).